Hundreds of people participated in the EuroPride march in Serbia’s capital Belgrade on Saturday in spite of threats from anti-gay groups.

US President Joe Biden and South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to cooperate on health, security and climate on Friday, as the South African head of state visited the White House.

Humanity is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the U.N. said in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher is trying to get EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson to include nuclear among energy sources for the production of so-called “green” hydrogen.

Putin also pointed to the EU’s inaccurate approach to the green agenda as one of the reasons for the current crisis.

The unilateral sanctions being imposed by some countries complicate the global food situation, the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) said in a statement on Friday.

This week saw Ukraine and Poland sign a memorandum declaring their intention to build a new pipeline for oil exports.

Egypt is planning to include the water issue among the top items for international climate action during the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27).

Africa, which is home to many of the most climate-vulnerable countries, needs to make its fair share of efforts to reduce global emissions and curb temperature rise, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry.

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are convinced that it is unacceptable to use the climate agenda to introduce measures that limit trade cooperation.